Queen von Fantasien

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[theficwriter]

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[livelaughwriteit]

Advice on Endings

I hate ending my stories. I will drag a story on long after it should have ended even though I know it should be done with. If anyone else struggles as well, here is a list of the different types of endings that are common.

Full Circle – Mirror the beginning of the story, show how the tone has shifted from start to end

Bittersweet – Character wins at the cost of something else, creates emotional depth

Emotional resolution – Focuses more on the growth of the characters than the events of the story

Twist – reveal something that changes the readers perspective or understanding

Open – doesn’t answer all the questions or solve all the conflicts of the story, leaving room for interpretation

Quiet – Subtle, reflective ending rather than a dramatic event

Sacrifice – The character has to give something up to achieve a greater goal

Hopeful – Despite the events of the story, there is a distinct sense that everything will be okay

Consequence – Shows how the characters choices throughout the story impact the world or their relationship

Character choice – centers on a decision that defines who the character has become through the story

[promptcalender]

Fantasy Drinks for your Story 🍸🍋‍🟩

Starlight Elixir: dark blue drink with a silver shimmer to it, made from nocturnal flowers that gives a deep and rich taste and acts soothing to the soul

Bog Water: depending on the region it might be a sweet, chocolate-y drink or a literal water from a bog 

Phoenix Ember Wine: a deep red wine that warms the body intensely and is also used to alleviate pain

Feywild Fizz: bright green and effervescent drink that changes flavor with every sip and is known to induce spontaneous laughter or mild hallucinations

Bleeding Frog: a hallucinogenic cocktail served in a wide and low glass, the colors a gradient from green to red

Queen’s Bloom: a delicate pink drink with edible petals suspended inside and sweetly fresh undernotes. helps with nausea and neutralizes a variety of toxins in small quantity

Sunfire Imperial: brilliant gold with a radiant glow and a smoky taste, rumored to be brewed from the blood of a phoenix

Frost Giant's Kiss: an icy blue drink served at such a low temperature that it leaves frost on the lips

Basilisk’s Gaze: a strong, dark green cocktail brewed from berries that numbs muscles and can lead to temporary paralysis if overconsumed

Sailor’s Tempest: deep blue topped by a swirling white foam, with a salty taste. said to induce the inexplicable urge to sing terribly

[Prompt Calender: May 13th, World Cocktail Day]

[thewriteadviceforwriters]

Hey! Do you have any tips for writing a blurb for your book? I’m working on mine now, and wondering if it doesn’t reveal enough about the plot to intrigue readers.

how 2 blurb without screaming into the void

hello, thank you so much for this question, it's one of the many things i love doing howeverrrr it's kind of evil! but first off: you are NOT ALONE. blurbs are evil. blurbs are mini monsters. blurbs are the one part of writing that's like "okay now summarize your soul in 150 words, no pressure :)" and you're like "cool cool i'll just go walk into the sea"

BUT. we can make this less painful. you can write a blurb that hooks people without spoiling the whole plot, i promise.

what a blurb IS:

a pitch, not a summary

the back-of-book tease

a VIBEY sales hook

your book's tinder bio but if you swipe left i'll cry

basically you're giving us just enough to want more. not the full plot (heavens no!) not every twist. not your worldbuilding thesis. you're selling TONE, CHARACTER, and CONFLICT.

the blurb formula that never fails (unless you ignore pacing!!)

hooky first line (it needs to be snapp, intriguing, usually world or character focused)

MC intro (who are they, what do they want, and what's messing that up?

conflict needs to ESCALATE (give us a taste of the tension, mystery, stakes)

stakes or twist HINT (what goes wrong? why should we care? don't give me the main point of the twist, only a HINT)

the final punchy line (this is optional but great if you can do it, try to hint at the tone, leave us curious.)

okay okay but HOW DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S "ENOUGH"??

as an author, ask yourself these questions:

do i know what kind of story this is? (genre, and tone!!)

do i get a feel for the main character's dilemma?

do i feel tension/ a question that makes me want to open page 1?

do i get overwhelmed with lore/confused about names (bad)

did i just write the plot of the entire book in 3 chunky paragraphs? (also bad)

we don't need to know EVERYTHING, we just want to know more.

examples, because i'm a visual creature:

VERY BAD BLURB:

"Lunara is the Princess of the Blood Moon Court and must Reunite the seven shards of the Sun Blade with her talking fox familiar in order to restore the Balance before the Eclipse consumes the Twelve Realms."

...... girl what. i'm tired. there are too many nouns. what is the story even about??? help.

a better version:

"Seventeen-year-old Lunara's kingdom is dying, and it's her fault. To fix it, she'll have to strike a deal with the ancient enemy who burned who home to the ground. He has secrets. She has one last chance. And time is running out."

yess, we get tone. we get stakes. no lore dump, no made-up nouns (which is fine, but INSIDE THE BOOK, not the back-of-book teaser). there's intrigue. and there's danger. i'm interested

final tips that made MY blurbs less garbage:

write 3 versions. one ultra-short (like 50 words long) one medium (100-150), and one long rambly one (just for you). you'll find the gems hidden in the rambles

try to pitch it to a friend. literally message someone and say "okay here's what the book's about". write it in your default tone and then take that and revise it into a blurb

read blurbs of books like yours. what do they reveal? what kind of tone do they set?

don't try to sound fancy. just sound like YOUR BOOK. if it's dark and sexy? be dark and sexy. if it's cozy and magical? be cozy and magical. MATCH THE VIBE

once again thank you for asking me this question, i hope this help you and others. send me your blurb in if you ever want a second pair of eyes btw!! i live to blurb edit. also i might love writing blurbs more than actual books but don't tell my WIPs that. they'll unionize.

rin t 🖤🖤

[ijustwannawritepls]

Scenes to Write When Your Draft Feels Flat

Not epic or climactic. Just... alive.

• A character almost admits they were wrong and then pivots • Two people sitting in a car after an argument, engine off, neither leaving • Someone practicing a speech in the mirror and hating how it sounds • A character lying for someone they resent • An inside joke that no longer feels funny • A public setting where private tension is simmering • Someone seeing their ex unexpectedly and performing indifference • A character giving advice they absolutely do not follow • A confession interrupted by something mundane • A person rereading old messages they shouldn’t • A gift that misses the mark completely • A character realizing they’ve outgrown someone mid-conversation • Someone saying “It’s fine” and meaning “I will remember this forever” • A moment where a character notices they are no longer the favorite • Two people who used to be close struggling to find a topic

If your story feels stuck, it likely needs friction. Not explosions. Just a little pressure.

[castielscaplan]

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PLEASE reblog if you use any of these/wanna share with your writer friends!!

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[forestbriar-thefae13]

Defintly going to look at these rn

[promptcalender]

Uncommon Words / Phrases to be Inspired by

Absquatulate: to leave without saying goodbye

Cassandra Complex: a psychological penomenon in which someone's accurate prediction of a crisis is ignored or dismissed

Cicatrize: to find healing by the process of forming scars

Even a Worm will turn: the belief that even the most docile creature will retaliate if pushed too far

Fernweh: the ache for distant places; the urge to leave everything familiar behind

Hamartia: a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero

Hiraeth: homesickness for a home you can never return to

Ichor: a fluid that flows like blood in the veins of gods

Jester's Privilege: the ability and right of a jester to mock his king without fear of punishment, for nothing he says seems to matter

Lachesism: longing for the clarity that comes with living through a disaster

Lotus-Eater: a person who lives their life in a constant state of dream and fantasy

Novalunosis: the state of relaxation and wonder experienced while gazing up at the stars

Pyrrhic Victory: a victory with such devastating consequence and collateral that is becomes a 'hollow victory'

Swan Song: a final act or effort given just before death

Wanderlust: a strong desire to wander and explore the world free from any obligation

Weltschmerz: the pain that comes with the realisation that the material world will never satisfy the demands of the soul

Whistle in the Dark: to make a show of bravery despite one's fear

Yhprum's Law: 'everything that can go right will go right'

[Prompt Calender: January 9th, National Word Nerd Day]

[edwardcreel]

reblog if you believe fanfics are as valid as books that were published and sold by authors who write as their main careers. I'm trying to prove a point

[saphhoandstrawberries]

god bless fanfic

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[starpains]

on “the blond,” “the older man,” and other crimes against third-person limited

You know that thing where a story is written in tight third person limited — we’re meant to be inside someone’s head, seeing the world through their thoughts — and then suddenly the narration says “the blond frowned” or “the shorter woman sighed” about a person the POV character knows really well?

That’s called antonomasia — using a descriptive label instead of a name. And it’s fine when we’re talking about strangers: “the cashier handed her the receipt,” “the tall guy blocked the door.” The POV character doesn’t know their names, and we just need a quick way to tell people apart.

But the moment it’s used for someone the POV character already knows, it breaks immersion. Because that’s not how our minds work. We don’t think “the older man smiled at me.” We think “Mark smiled.” Or maybe “my boss” if that relationship matters in the moment.

Third person limited means the narration sits inside someone’s perception. Their inner monologue is the story’s voice. So when you switch from “Mark smiled” to “the blond smiled,” you’ve pulled the camera away from their mind and turned it into an outside shot.

If you want to create distance or irritation, you can do it on purpose —

“The idiot from accounting emailed again.”

That’s character voice. That’s judgment. That works.

But otherwise?

As soon as your POV character knows someone’s name, use it. While we do tend to worry about repetitions, names rarely register as such to the readers.

If you need variety for rhythm, use relational or emotional identifiers that make sense in their head: her friend, his partner, their teacher, the person they loved.

Because inside someone’s thoughts, there are no “blonds” or “brunettes.”

There are only people they know.

[hauntedraggedyanne]

Little flaws to give to your characters

They won’t be EVIL if they do these things, but it makes them seem a bit more rounded by giving them little flaws

—Can’t keep a plant alive to save their soul

—Gives up too easily

—Every time they go out to eat with others and they all order their food, they go last so that they can condescendingly ask for a salad

—Acts surprised when someone has a hobby and they’re not monetizing that hobby (ex: crochet. Actually this all about crocheting)

—cyber bully

—Keeps turning the conversation on its head so that they have an excuse to talk about themselves

—The type who compares traumas (oh I’m so sorry your dad’s a terrible person. BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE A DAD 😭😭😭)

—Never asks for permission to do anything. It stops being cool and bad-boy after a while

—Nonchalant about everything. Even when you shouldn’t be.

—Steals little things for absolutely no reason. It’s not like they’re poor. It’s not like they need it. They just take it.

—They question every single detail about the things you say like they’re solving a murder case. (“Yeah, life has been really tough—“ “IF things have been as difficult as you say, then WHY—“)

—Talks about how unique their music taste is. All the time.

[imbecominggayer]

How To Write Character Flaws

One of the most important aspects when writing a character are flaws since flaws increase reader immersion, reader investment, and the overall compelling energy of a story.

Flaws are necessary in creating character arcs where either these initial problems are improved or exacerbated.

Despite the fact that flaws are important, writers can struggle with how to seemlessly incorperate flaws within their characters in an interesting and natural way without just feeling like they're throwing bad traits in randomly.

Here we go!

A) All Character Traits Are Both Flaws And Strengths

Flaws are often dark reflections of the positive qualities identified in an individual.

If your lover is a strong and determined person then you are also likely dating someone who is stubborn.

If your friend is emotional and caring then they're also overly sensitive.

This is due to the fact that flaws are really just character strengths taken to their logical extreme. As the saying goes "the dose makes the poison". An excessive amount of carelessness, curiousity, love, emotion, confidence, and every single virtue inevitably results in personality defects.

You most likely have your character's strengths somewhat laid out whether these strengths be open-mindedness, kindness, determined, and anything else.

Taking these strengths to their logical extreme, you will often find flaws such as naivety, savior complex, stubborness, and other such flaws.

B) Whether Something Is A Strength Or A Flaw Depends On Context

Character A is trusting and Character B is distrusting.

Let's put them in the situation of meeting someone in order to illustrate how both character's defining traits could be their downfall depending on who this character is.

If this "someone" is a helpful individual, then Character B's flaw of distrust create unnecessary discorse within the group and could drive away this positive influence.

If this "someone" is a manipulative someone, then Character A's trusting nature harms the group as it allows someone harmful to enter.

Whether or not a character's actions are perceived as beneficial or harmful depends on if the result is good or bad for the character's goal.

This means that when you are presented with a character who seemingly has no flaws, what you can do is create situations where these good actions result in bad results.

An open-minded character might accidentally walk face first into a cult because they were too accepting of the weird activities

A kind character might cause their allies to become overly dependent on the individual's generosity

A determined character might be so obsessed with succeeding at this specific task that they fail to see the bigger picture and the more effective solution

[thecutestgrotto]

Fuck ICE

[firstdraftpro]

This is a writing app 💜 Hello and welcome! This is the official Tumblr debut of the neurodivergent-friendly, collaborative writing app that I've been building for the past five years: First Draft Pro! Designed by a writer, for writers. Equally appropriate for plotters/pansters, non-fiction/fiction, solo-writers/co-writers. Plus, with no AI-training! Also very important: this app is entirely funded by users, which means there's no parent company with nefarious intent re:data, and no investor with goals that are counter to the goals of users! I'm honestly so proud of it. Other cool features include:

a notes folder per project where notes are interlinked like a personalised Wiki

notes can be pinned into chapters for reference

novel structure templates (including romance, romantasy, 3 act structure, short story structure, 30-day novel structure, story genius structure)

goal tracking and streaks

light mode & dark mode

scene by scene version history

a free plan (not just a 14-day free trial)

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

YOU. WILL. WRITE. oh you want to write so bad. all the motivation is here. the plot is so good. words come to you so naturally. YOU ARE GOING TO WRITE. RIGHT NOW.

[writing-prompt-s]

Dragons self domesticated a few centuries ago and you come home to find one of these scaly firespitters on your bed. But you don't own a dragon or atleast you didn't own one until now. Congratulations you have been selected by the dragon distribution system!

[midnightscorpius]

Ancient Roman Names

Feminine

Aeliana / Paulina / Galla / Aelia

Albana / Luciana / Aquilina / Drusilla

Decima / Varinia / Aemiliana / Laelia

Germana / Iovita / Tacita / Iunia

Sabina / Liviana / Faustina / Valentina

Drusa / Marcia / Junia / Valeria

Maximina / Lucilia / Paula / Cornelia

Cloelia / Caesonia / Augustina / Domitia

Fabricia / Agrippa / Fabiola / Fulvia

Silvina / Pomponia / Ovidia / Blandina

Aurelia / Fausta / Quinta / Pompeia

Balbina / Nona / Longina / Herminia

Hilaria / Valeriana / Hortensia / Antonina

Priscilla / Aquila / Severina / Hadriana

Vita / Prisca / Saturnina / Agrippina

Tullia / Flavia / Secunda / Antonia

Domitilla / Laurentia / Hortensia / Cassia

Iuliana / Caecilia / Iulia / Rufina

Flaminia / Livia / Fabiana / Porcia

Camilla / Marina / Tertia / Helvia

Virginia / Martina / Alba / Marcella

Fabia / Vibiana / Petronia / Tatiana

Albina / Floriana / Quintina / Flaviana

Marciana / Titiana / Juliana / Aemilia

Caelina / Laurentina / Lucia / Octavia

Lucilla / Domitilla / Lucilla / Flavia

Ovidia / Hilaria / Fausta / Tertia

Masculine

Caius / Aelianus / Ovidius / Gratianus

Severinus / Aelius / Iuventinus / Postumus

Gaios / Albinus / Calvus / Caracalla

Caesar / Cornelius / Naevius / Domitianus

Flavius / Ursus / Valens / Valerius

Herminius / Varinius / Vespasianus / Horatius

Vergilius / Iulianus / Gordianus / Iuvenalis

Valentinus / Calpurnius / Manius / Decimus

Cato / Maximus / Nonus / Porcius

Camillus / Vitus / Celcus / Manlius

Silvanus / Rufus / Vibius / Agrippa

Sallustius / Verginius / Festus / Avitus

Flaminius / Martialis / Laurentius / Varius

Pertinax / Faustus / Aemilius / Marcus

Tertius / Marinus / Blandinus / Loukianos

Livius / Julius / Egnatius / Cicero

Vitellius / Pontius / Servius / Appius

Rusticus / Terentius / Sergius / Octavius

Cyprianus / Paulinus / Caelinus / Hortensius

Quintinus / Tatianus / Tullus / Aquila

Gallus / Caelius / Lucretius / Valerianus

Augustinus / Scaevola / Januarius / Nerva

Otho / Marius / Juventinus / Valentinianus

Lupus / Septimus / Thracius / Florus

Sabinus / Markos / Quintius / Laurentinus

Titus / Crispinus / Domitius / Tiberius

Caesonius / Scipio / Cassius / Quinctilius

Saturninus / Rufinus / Crispus / Hilarius

Spurius / Brutus / Maxmilianus / Pompeius

Salvius / Maxentius / Augustus / Lucianus

Avilius / Marcianus / Aurelius / Marianus

Vinicius / Silvinius / Commodus / Lucius

Septimus / Albus / Cassian / Tatius

Atilius / Nero / Aetius / Martinus

Livianus / Antonius / Severus / Florianus

Regulus / Gaius / Romilius / Junius

Petronius / Octavianus / Fabius / Drusus

Claudius / Fabianus / Antonius / Fabricus

Aulus / Marcius / Caeso / Lucilius

Varius / Maximinus / Vinicius / Aquilinus

Lucilius / Sallustius / Juventinus / Tullius

Florus / Sabinus / Fabianus / Quintinus

Fulvius / Sextus / Quintillus / Iunius

Vitellius / Horatius / Syrus / Caelinus

Severianus / Cassianus / Avitus / Manlius

Silvinus / Septimus / Duilius / Atilius

Ianuarius / Lepidus / Quinctius / Germanicus

Hadrianus / Traianus / Balbus / Plinius

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